3. Scope and Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector

Ohio Nonprofit COVID-19 Survey: A Report of the Results

“…As Figure 4 indicates, 2,505 human services nonprofits responded to the survey, comprising 32.4% of the sample. This is consistent with the nonprofit sector, as approximately one-third of all organizations fall in the human services category (Boris & Steuerle, 2006). While far fewer higher education and hospital nonprofits responded, that is also consistent with the proportion of these nonprofits in Ohio and nationally (Boris & Steuerle, 2006;Hand et al, 2020).…”

“…This is consistent with the nonprofit sector, as approximately one-third of all organizations fall in the human services category (Boris & Steuerle, 2006). While far fewer higher education and hospital nonprofits responded, that is also consistent with the proportion of these nonprofits in Ohio and nationally (Boris & Steuerle, 2006;Hand et al, 2020). In addition to varying widely in their purpose, the responding organizations also varied in the population they serve: 39.1% serve youth, 23.6% serve families, 13.2% serve people who are disabled or have special needs, 12.8% serve seniors, 10.6% serve women, 9.8% serve racial or ethnic minorities, 6.3% serve the unemployed, 5.2% serve the LGBTQ community, and 4.9% serve immigrants or refugees.…”

Examining the Efficacy of Accountability Systems in Preventing Nonprofit Misconduct: A Look Beyond Financial Fraud

“…While the ACFE survey provides detailed information regarding fraud, the scope of its inquiry is strictly limited to financial misconduct. Furthermore, the survey includes only a small number of nonprofits that are large and affluent enough to hire Certified Fraud Examiners, which indicates its lack of representativeness because the nonprofit sector is dominated by small organizations (Boris & Steuerle, 2006). Regarding LexisNexis All News, Weaver and Bimber (2008) compare the effectiveness of LexisNexis All News with Google News in capturing stories on selected topics and find that LexisNexis All News missed half or more of the news stories captured in Google News (see also Ridout et al, 2012).…”

Financial impacts of the Medicaid expansion on community health centers

“…We study five broad range of outcomes: (i) CHCs' revenue including total revenue from all sources (patient revenue and grants), total patient revenue, Medicaid revenue, Medicare revenue, private revenue, other public revenue (mostly from state‐funded public insurance program), and self‐pay revenue; (ii) uncompensated care loss defined as sum of bad debt and sliding discount for self‐pay patients; (iii) grants including total grants, federal grants (BPHC grants and other federal grants), state and local government grants, and private grants; (iv) expenditures including total expenditures and by type of services (medical, dental health, mental health, and substance abuse treatments), overhead costs, and capital expenditures; and (v) assets and liabilities including cash reserves, capital stock, and total liabilities (as these measures are frequently used to assess the financial stability of a nonprofit organization) 15 …”